Thread: rounding numbers

  1. #1
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    rounding numbers

    I am trying to write a program which first gets a number from the user, then rounds the number to an integer, then to its 10s place, 100s place and finally its 1,000s place. Here's what I’ve got so far:
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <math.h>
    
    float	getNumber();
    float	roundToInteger(float);
    float	roundToTenths(float);
    float	roundToHundredths(float);
    float	roundToThousandths(float);
    
    int main(){
    	float	number;
    	float	to_integer;
    	float	to_tenths;
    	float	to_hundredths;
    	float	to_thousandths;
    
    	number = getNumber();
    
    	while(number != -1){
    		to_integer = roundToInteger(number);
    		to_tenths = roundToTenths(number);
    		to_hundredths = roundToHundredths(number);
    		to_thousandths = roundToThousandths(number);
    
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to integer: %f\n", to_integer);
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to tenths: %f\n", to_tenths);
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to hundreths: %f\n", to_hundredths);
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to thousandths: %f\n\n", to_thousandths);
    		number = getNumber();
    	}
    
    	return 0;
    }
    
    float	getNumber(){
    	float	number;
    
    	printf("enter a number (-1 to end): ");
    	scanf("%f", &number);
    	return number;
    }
    
    
    float	roundToInteger(float number){
    	return floor(number + .5);
    }
    
    float	roundToTenths(float number){
    	return floor(number * 10 + .5) / 10;
    }
    
    float	roundToHundredths(float number){
    	return floor(number * 100 + .5) / 10;
    }
    
    float	roundToThousandths(float number){
    	return floor(number * 1000 + .5) / 10;
    }
    After compiling, I get the following for output:
    enter a number (-1 to end): 123.456789
    number rounded to integer: 123.000000
    number rounded to tenths: 123.500000
    number rounded to hundreths: 1234.599976
    number rounded to thousandths: 12345.700195

    enter a number (-1 to end):
    Thank you in advance.

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    Try Following Code

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <math.h>
    
    float	getNumber();
    float	roundToInteger(float);
    float	roundToTenths(float);
    float	roundToHundredths(float);
    float	roundToThousandths(float);
    
    int main(){
    	float	number;
    	float	to_integer;
    	float	to_tenths;
    	float	to_hundredths;
    	float	to_thousandths;
    
    	number = getNumber();
    
    	while(number != -1){
    		to_integer = roundToInteger(number);
    		to_tenths = roundToTenths(number);
    		to_hundredths = roundToHundredths(number);
    		to_thousandths = roundToThousandths(number);
    
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to integer: %f\n", to_integer);
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to tenths: %f\n", to_tenths);
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to hundreths: %f\n", to_hundredths);
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to thousandths: %f\n\n", to_thousandths);
    		number = getNumber();
    	}
    
    	return 0;
    }
    
    float	getNumber(){
    	float	number;
    
    	printf("enter a number (-1 to end): ");
    	scanf("%f", &number);
    	return number;
    }
    
    
    float	roundToInteger(float number){
    	return floor(number + .5);
    }
    
    float	roundToTenths(float number){
    	return floor(number * 100 + .5) / 10;
    }
    
    float	roundToHundredths(float number){
    	return floor(number * 1000 + .5) / 10;
    }
    
    float	roundToThousandths(float number){
    	return floor(number * 10000 + .5) / 10;
    }

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    >> Try Following Code
    Closer....

    maple23 fixed up your multiply factors. Now you just have to fix the divide factors to "re-base" the value correctly.

    You will notice a small loss of precision in your printout. That's because 123.456789 can't be represented as precisely in a float as it can in a double. As a float, the debugger shows it as 123.45679.

    Don't ignore your compiler warnings. Changing all your floats to double will remove the warnings and the (very small) loss of precision when dealing with 123.456789.

    gg

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    Is this what you want?

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <math.h>
    
    float	getNumber();
    float	roundToInteger(float);
    float	roundToTenths(float);
    float	roundToHundredths(float);
    float	roundToThousandths(float);
    
    int main(){
    	float	number;
    	float	to_integer;
    	float	to_tenths;
    	float	to_hundredths;
    	float	to_thousandths;
    
    	number = getNumber();
    
    	while(number != -1){
    		to_integer = roundToInteger(number);
    		to_tenths = roundToTenths(number);
    		to_hundredths = roundToHundredths(number);
    		to_thousandths = roundToThousandths(number);
    
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to integer: %f\n", to_integer);
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to tenths: %f\n", to_tenths);
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to hundreths: %f\n", to_hundredths);
    		printf("\tnumber rounded to thousandths: %f\n\n", to_thousandths);
    		number = getNumber();
    	}
    
    	return 0;
    }
    
    float getNumber(){
    	float	number;
    
    	printf("enter a number (-1 to end): ");
    	scanf("%f", &number);
    	return number;
    }
    
    
    float roundToInteger(float number){
    	return round(number);
    }
    
    float roundToTenths(float number){
    	return round(number * 10) / 10;
    }
    
    float roundToHundredths(float number){
    	return round(number * 100) / 100;
    }
    
    float roundToThousandths(float number){
    	return round(number * 1000) / 1000;
    }

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